Doug: Ah, for fuck's sake. She goes to the Red Sox victory parade and d-lowe and fucking behold out of 3.2 million people she happens to run into some guy she hasn't seen since college but always had a thing for. And then I'm getting the "let's still be friends" talk over espresso two days later.

apparently you have a pretty defined target audience there, HB. but anyways, back to the Bukowski: did you hear about how Eric Cantona directed a short based on his "Bring Me Love"? it was pretty good, except for the fact that Cantona is just odd.

loosah: I hadn't heard of that film, nor, I confess, am I familiar with the name Eric Cantona. I'm going to look into this though.

emily: I'm quite certain the character Doug would like nothing more than to forget Ruthie and have you. :)

Speaking of the Smiths, funny how of all the bands I grew up with, they are the one I still listen to quite a bit. The Clash and New Order are two others, but the rest, not so much. And some not at all or, worse, find myself wondering why I ever liked the band way back when in the first place.

HB: Eric Cantona is a former Leeds United(who disowned him when he went to)/Manchester United/France great who is famous for being ridicuously eccentric and saying weird quotes like "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think like sardines" or something to that effect. Odd little man, but a good actor/director.